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eyefocus · 01-23-2003, 04:18 AM

On the episode "Beaver's Big Contest", Beaver enters
and wins a sports car. Of course Ward won't let Beaver
keep the car and Beaver has to sell it. At the Breakfast
table, Beaver is giving Ward the silent treatment and
ask June to past a classified ad to Ward about selling
the car.

On the this classified ad we see a close up of the Cleaver's
phone number: "WH 1-2-7-3-8"
However, when Ward reads the ad he recites the phone
number back as "Whitney 2738" completely omitting
the "1"

Once again through inscrutable viewers like myself and
others, we catch the writers and directors in a continuity
error eluding to the 6 digit phone number
theory but in actuality confirm the existence of
a 7 digit phone number.

As posted before, I have witness June and Beaver dial
6 digit numbers and I have seen Wallly dial even a
5 digit number and then right after that dial a 6 digit
number.

Has anyone witness an acutally 7 digit dialing of a number
on the show.

Cory

UncleBilly · 01-23-2003, 11:49 AM

I noticed on Beavers Monkey on the ad for the monkey they list the phone number as being Mayfield 2-4269. When I grew up our numbers were listed like that too, although we still had to dial 7 digits the first two were listed as letters. Blackbrook 7-5555 or BL7-5555. Before my time though people only had to dial 7-5555. Because the town was small enough to know who's number it was.

01-23-2003, 04:18 AM	#1
eyefocus In Love With June Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 04, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 73	Cleaver's Phone Number On the episode "Beaver's Big Contest", Beaver enters and wins a sports car. Of course Ward won't let Beaver keep the car and Beaver has to sell it. At the Breakfast table, Beaver is giving Ward the silent treatment and ask June to past a classified ad to Ward about selling the car. On the this classified ad we see a close up of the Cleaver's phone number: "WH 1-2-7-3-8" However, when Ward reads the ad he recites the phone number back as "Whitney 2738" completely omitting the "1" Once again through inscrutable viewers like myself and others, we catch the writers and directors in a continuity error eluding to the 6 digit phone number theory but in actuality confirm the existence of a 7 digit phone number. As posted before, I have witness June and Beaver dial 6 digit numbers and I have seen Wallly dial even a 5 digit number and then right after that dial a 6 digit number. Has anyone witness an acutally 7 digit dialing of a number on the show. Cory Attached Images
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01-23-2003, 11:49 AM	#2
UncleBilly Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 107	I noticed on Beavers Monkey on the ad for the monkey they list the phone number as being Mayfield 2-4269. When I grew up our numbers were listed like that too, although we still had to dial 7 digits the first two were listed as letters. Blackbrook 7-5555 or BL7-5555. Before my time though people only had to dial 7-5555. Because the town was small enough to know who's number it was.